63
63
Jul 17, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 63
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain, senator hogan, and others. who were interested in not giving up on the prospects of working this out. i also think that last night's discussion was critical. as i said earlier, and let me repeat it, we had a situation where a huge number of senators on both sides addressed this issue. senators actually had to listen to each other. i think the arguments that were made by my members obviously swayed at least some on the other side that maybe there was a solution to this short of pulling the nuclear trigger. so a lot of my members were involved in this over the weekend. last night, they were all helpful. senator mccain was certainly helpful, as was senator corker, senator portman, and others. >> do you think there is less of a chance of ending up act in a situation like this? or did it help you get out of this particular jam? >> you are asking me to answer a hypothetical. i do not know. i do think, in spite of your best efforts to rain on an outcome -- i congratulate you for your best efforts to snatch defeat from
senator mccain, senator hogan, and others. who were interested in not giving up on the prospects of working this out. i also think that last night's discussion was critical. as i said earlier, and let me repeat it, we had a situation where a huge number of senators on both sides addressed this issue. senators actually had to listen to each other. i think the arguments that were made by my members obviously swayed at least some on the other side that maybe there was a solution to this short of...
79
79
Jul 19, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 79
favorite 0
quote 0
as you know, i've introduced as well as senator mccain, another tool in the toolbox to deal with too big to fail. i think at least now we've got some time on this. the secretary of the treasury says by the end of the year, he say maybe a year longer, but we have got to keep this under examination. fair enough? >> yes, i think we obviously need to look at all tools. i think there is probably more scope for capital. if we are not comfortable with the status of these firms. know, theough.as you federal reserve and the sec announced last january that they were stopping their investigation into the systemic foreclosure fraud, and it has reached its settlement with the largest mortgage services in the country. sec last week, the announced that 52,048 just in massachusetts received checks so far under the settlement, and an aggregate total of $41 million in compensation, or about $800 a family. ,hat $800 a family in a state massachusetts, with medium, --ome is 324,000, $500 $324,500, that is about .2% of the purchase price and the average home of the commonwealth of massachusetts. it is my
as you know, i've introduced as well as senator mccain, another tool in the toolbox to deal with too big to fail. i think at least now we've got some time on this. the secretary of the treasury says by the end of the year, he say maybe a year longer, but we have got to keep this under examination. fair enough? >> yes, i think we obviously need to look at all tools. i think there is probably more scope for capital. if we are not comfortable with the status of these firms. know, theough.as...
78
78
Jul 31, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 78
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain? >> i have great faith in the american people. i have a great confidence that the american people, good, judeo christian nation who are willing to work and sacrifice for this nation. i don't know why i mention it but one of my dearest friends and heroes who i was in prison with passed away the other day. he inspired so many generations. by the way, i would like to point out among the many wonderful things hispanic contributions have made to america is when you look at the percentage of hispanic citizens who served in military. so i believe in america. i believe at the end of the day we're going to do the right thing. we're not going to talk about people with captain lope cal fs. e're not going to -- cal fs. we're not going to indulge in that rhetoric. if i could just mention one story very quickly to you. in 2007, senator gram, leishman and i were in baghdad. petraeus organized a reenlistment ceremony and asked s to speak at that ceremony. 200-something brave americans had decided to re-enlist and tay and fight. who were green car
senator mccain? >> i have great faith in the american people. i have a great confidence that the american people, good, judeo christian nation who are willing to work and sacrifice for this nation. i don't know why i mention it but one of my dearest friends and heroes who i was in prison with passed away the other day. he inspired so many generations. by the way, i would like to point out among the many wonderful things hispanic contributions have made to america is when you look at the...
88
88
Feb 21, 2013
02/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
i will never forget standing next to john mccain in the east room of the white house. each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000 vietnamese students and scholars have studied spanish and taught have studied and taught in america through the fulbright program, including the foreign minister, who i just talked to the other day and who has feelings about america because of that engagement. the list goes on. as the emerging middle class in india, the world's largest democracy, buys our products, that means jobs and incomes for our own middle-class. as our traditional assistance to brazil and decreases, trade there is increasing. brazil is one of the new tigers moving at a double-digit pace. it supports addition
i will never forget standing next to john mccain in the east room of the white house. each of us on either side of president clinton as he announced the once unthinkable normalization of our relations with vietnam, and efforts that john mccain and i worked on for about 10 years to try do. in the last decade, thanks in large part to the work of usaid, our exports to vietnam increased by more than 700%. every one of those percentage points our jobs here in america. in the last two decades, 1000...
65
65
Jul 19, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 65
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain. >> thank you. i must tell both of the witnesses i'm concerned about the role you played over the last two years, the view of your role as the chief advisers to the president on national security, and the state of the world over the last two years since you have been holding the office you hold. , do you believe the continued cost and risk of our inaction in syria are now worse for our national security interests? >> as a discussed, i would like to know an answer and a nice filibuster. >> i assure you, this is a regional issue. i would say that the issue in at greater risk because of the emergence of violent extremist. >> you're not answering the question. you believe that the continued cost and risks of our inaction in syria are now worse for our national security interests and the costs associated with limited military action? >> with all due respect, you're asking me to agree that we have been in active. we have not been in active. >> we have not? >> that is correct. validity ton gives my concern
senator mccain. >> thank you. i must tell both of the witnesses i'm concerned about the role you played over the last two years, the view of your role as the chief advisers to the president on national security, and the state of the world over the last two years since you have been holding the office you hold. , do you believe the continued cost and risk of our inaction in syria are now worse for our national security interests? >> as a discussed, i would like to know an answer and...
128
128
Jan 25, 2013
01/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to be here with senator warren and secretary clinton to introduce and speak -- say a few words about my friend, senator kerry, to the committee. obviously the nominee doesn't need to be introduced to the committee on which he's served for over a quarter of a century. as the chairman for the last four years. so i can dispensed with the customary summary of his public service and qualifications for the office for which he's been nominated. they're well-known to you and to all of our colleagues. but i'd like to take a few moments to attest to the personal qualities that senator kerry would bring to the office of secretary of state, which i think are well suited to the position. he and i have been friends for quite a long time now. we've had our disagreements, which is unsurprising, given our political differences. and as often the case in our business, our friendship has been affected from time to time by our enthusiasm for our differing views and by the competitive nature of
senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to be here with senator warren and secretary clinton to introduce and speak -- say a few words about my friend, senator kerry, to the committee. obviously the nominee doesn't need to be introduced to the committee on which he's served for over a quarter of a century. as the chairman for the last four years. so i can dispensed with the customary summary of his public service and qualifications for the office for which he's been...
118
118
Apr 19, 2013
04/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
>> senator mccain, what is the main difference in the language of the bill compared to the mccain/kennedy bill? w much will the political -- [unintelligible] con tribute to a change in support for the bill? >> i think most republicans -- many more republicans than the last time are aware as marco and ob pointed out so, i think graphically that the status quo is not acceptable. the status quo is not acceptable. if you believe that then you will are willing to make compromises that may not fit your exact plan or proposal for immigration reform. that's why it is so important that the eight of us -- there is varied backgrounds and varied view points and that's why we have come together. the other thing about it is and a little straight talk here. straight talk. republicans have got to compete and i say compete for the hispanic voter. passage of this legislation in my view and i think my republican friends agree with single vote in a from the hispanic community. but it puts us on a level where we can compete in a battle of ideas. we think we win with lower taxes, less government. we think we w
>> senator mccain, what is the main difference in the language of the bill compared to the mccain/kennedy bill? w much will the political -- [unintelligible] con tribute to a change in support for the bill? >> i think most republicans -- many more republicans than the last time are aware as marco and ob pointed out so, i think graphically that the status quo is not acceptable. the status quo is not acceptable. if you believe that then you will are willing to make compromises that...
84
84
Sep 26, 2013
09/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 84
favorite 0
quote 1
senators mccain durbin and schumer came to the floor later to respond to comments made by senator cruz. this is 20 minutes. sneed madam president i won't take a lot of time here on the floor. the floor has been well used over the last day or so. i would like to make sure that my colleagues and especially those who were not here in 2009 understand that there are many of us who are opposed to obamacare as it is called, the affordable care act, and the opposition that we mounted in 2009. it's a matter of record that the senate to start with the senate finance committee considered the affordable care act over several weeks and approved the bill in october 13 of 2009. at that time members of the finance committee submitted 564 amendments, 135 amendments were considered and 79 roll call votes taken. 49 amendments were adopted and then the senate health education labor and pensions committee approved the affordable care act by 13-10 after a month-long debate. 500 amendments were considered and more than 160 republican amendments were accepted and then it came to the floor of the senate. the a
senators mccain durbin and schumer came to the floor later to respond to comments made by senator cruz. this is 20 minutes. sneed madam president i won't take a lot of time here on the floor. the floor has been well used over the last day or so. i would like to make sure that my colleagues and especially those who were not here in 2009 understand that there are many of us who are opposed to obamacare as it is called, the affordable care act, and the opposition that we mounted in 2009. it's a...
75
75
Jan 25, 2013
01/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 75
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain, as he mentioned, is a longtime friend. we met here in the senate, coming from very different political positions. we found common ground. i will never forget standing with them in hanoi, at just the two of us. listening to him talk about that experience. i will always be grateful for his partnership in helping to make real peace with vietnam by establishing the most significant process in the history of our country or of any country for the accounting of missing and dead in any war. for working to lift the embargo and ultimately normalize relations with an old enemy. john had every reason -- we were able to help heal deep wounds and into a war that had divided too many people for much too long. as we talk about war and peace and foreign policy, i want all of us to keep in our minds, as i think we do, the extraordinary men and women in uniform who are on the front lines, even as we meet here today. the troops at war to help protect america. i can pledge to you that as a veteran of war, i will always carry the consequences o
senator mccain, as he mentioned, is a longtime friend. we met here in the senate, coming from very different political positions. we found common ground. i will never forget standing with them in hanoi, at just the two of us. listening to him talk about that experience. i will always be grateful for his partnership in helping to make real peace with vietnam by establishing the most significant process in the history of our country or of any country for the accounting of missing and dead in any...
113
113
Jan 31, 2013
01/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 113
favorite 0
quote 0
after that, senator mccain. before that, i would like to think bank of america for their partnership, making these conversations possible, including that incredible brunch where people had a great time. we had great conversations. the play book series is a form that makes it possible for us to talk in depth about the issues that matter most in washington. in twitter land, if i do it right, the questions will pop up right here. i got my first tweet. i will try to do that. [laughter] they will pop up as we come. now, i would like to welcome politico star manu ragu. [applause] thank you for coming in. thank you very much. was the "gang of eight" a secret? was their detective work in uncovering it? >> yes. they did not want to let on how much work and progress was being made behind the scenes. in washington, whenever word starts leaking out about what is happening, those talks blow up. as they were negotiating this was happening at the time of the fiscal cliff negotiations, much of the media focus was happening on t
after that, senator mccain. before that, i would like to think bank of america for their partnership, making these conversations possible, including that incredible brunch where people had a great time. we had great conversations. the play book series is a form that makes it possible for us to talk in depth about the issues that matter most in washington. in twitter land, if i do it right, the questions will pop up right here. i got my first tweet. i will try to do that. [laughter] they will...
67
67
Nov 6, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 67
favorite 0
quote 0
so i want to commend senator portman, senator ayotte, senator heller, senator hatch and senator mccain for making sure that these important protections are in place and that if an organization has a legitimate exemption under this bill, that the federal government or state government cannot discriminate against that organization that is legitimately claiming an exemption under enda. so i believe this amendment improves the bill and provides significant protection for exempt religious organizations, and i'm very pleased that it was accepted by a voice vote. now i know that senator portman and senator ayotte are on their way and want to speak on the amendment we just adopted. let me explain the second part of the very complicated parliamentary action that we just took. at least i will attempt to. what it does is preserve senator toomey's right to get a vote on his amendment. it's my understanding that that vote will require 60 votes of the senate in order to be approved. but it essentially guarantees that he is next up. he's next in line for a vote. so his amendment will be the pending a
so i want to commend senator portman, senator ayotte, senator heller, senator hatch and senator mccain for making sure that these important protections are in place and that if an organization has a legitimate exemption under this bill, that the federal government or state government cannot discriminate against that organization that is legitimately claiming an exemption under enda. so i believe this amendment improves the bill and provides significant protection for exempt religious...
86
86
Nov 13, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 0
mccain. >> thank you. mr. johnson, i have known you for a number of years and i'm very pleased that you will be taking on these new responsibilities and, i view you as a an outstanding public servant and i'm confident that your nomination will be very, the process will be and confirmation will be very smooth. your predecessor, i want to talk about the border with you. your predecessor stated frequently, the border is more secure than ever citing the reduction in apprehensions as a proof of that progress being made and she said it for a number of years. do you agree with that statement? >> senator i've seen the same numbers. i noted that the numbers are going down. there might be a recent trend upward but one of the things that if i'm confirmed i am going to look at is exactly how we should define border security and whether those numbers are an accurate reflection of border security. >> well in reality over the last two years there has been a 20% increase in apprehensions along the bored he h
mccain. >> thank you. mr. johnson, i have known you for a number of years and i'm very pleased that you will be taking on these new responsibilities and, i view you as a an outstanding public servant and i'm confident that your nomination will be very, the process will be and confirmation will be very smooth. your predecessor, i want to talk about the border with you. your predecessor stated frequently, the border is more secure than ever citing the reduction in apprehensions as a proof...
70
70
Sep 19, 2013
09/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
we have cosponsored this, senator flake and senator mccain have done this on the senate side. it is time to get this over the hurdles. going back to how we do this, as ann has things she is good at, so do i, and when people have the chance toask -- to ask a question, and maybe it is better for me to answer or fourann -- or for ann to answer, people were sitting back going wow. host: bottom line -- this bill passes, what are realistic expectations on how many jobs it creates? guest: over 4000. this is real money. it is not investment money from the federal government. this is private enterprise producing something. resources like copper -- each of those windmills that you see as five tons of copper -- has five tons of copper. copper is huge in the new technology aspect. copper is king and we are importing 30% of that. this could take a big chunk of that, produce jobs, and when you have resource money, it circulates in your state. take $1 billion and add it into your economy. it is a big deal, and a bigger billion world arizona. host: california. san bernadino. democrats line. c
we have cosponsored this, senator flake and senator mccain have done this on the senate side. it is time to get this over the hurdles. going back to how we do this, as ann has things she is good at, so do i, and when people have the chance toask -- to ask a question, and maybe it is better for me to answer or fourann -- or for ann to answer, people were sitting back going wow. host: bottom line -- this bill passes, what are realistic expectations on how many jobs it creates? guest: over 4000....
86
86
Jul 12, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain. >> thank you. to our witnesses, i was in afghanistan last week with five others, seven other senators, and had robust discussions about the midcourt in -- midpoint in the fighting season and there was positive news in terms of our own military leadership's reckoning. more to tell. much of the discussion we had was about this troop number. we all recognize a troop number is not an end but a means to an end. what is the end we are trying to compare for? efficacy. we talked about that. there has been public testimony where i said, february, reprimanding -- recommending a true bubble of 13,600. eight and 12,000, i will not ask you about numbers but i will say what we heard from military leadership in afghanistan was not at odds with that general range. i realize one of the next witnesses phrased it better than i did hear it will just read a section and tell me whether or not you agree. two.mony is on page pressfortunate recent accounts of zero option are extremely damaging in this regard. the u.s. sena
senator mccain. >> thank you. to our witnesses, i was in afghanistan last week with five others, seven other senators, and had robust discussions about the midcourt in -- midpoint in the fighting season and there was positive news in terms of our own military leadership's reckoning. more to tell. much of the discussion we had was about this troop number. we all recognize a troop number is not an end but a means to an end. what is the end we are trying to compare for? efficacy. we talked...
61
61
Jul 26, 2013
07/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 61
favorite 0
quote 0
that is senator mccain. i have quoted senator toomey and senator mccain who believe we need to come to agreement. i have also unfortunately quoted senator -- congressman ryan who said he does not care what senator mccain thinks -- who was a candidate for president a few years ago. mr. speaker, i want to ask the leader if he expects we will take an up or down vote on a debt limit extension when we come in september, and i yield. >> i would say to the gentleman the answer to that last question is no, but i would say to the gentleman, the discussion the gentleman just had was so full of just so various and sundry issues, i do not know where to begin, other than to say what is lost in the gentleman's comments is the focus on the hard-working families and businesses of middle-class america, and it seems to me, mr. speaker, that the gentleman is full of that is not going to happen because washington says that is not going to happen for political reasons. and what we ought to be focused on is how we can act to solv
that is senator mccain. i have quoted senator toomey and senator mccain who believe we need to come to agreement. i have also unfortunately quoted senator -- congressman ryan who said he does not care what senator mccain thinks -- who was a candidate for president a few years ago. mr. speaker, i want to ask the leader if he expects we will take an up or down vote on a debt limit extension when we come in september, and i yield. >> i would say to the gentleman the answer to that last...
74
74
Nov 14, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
mccain -- let me just make a suggestion. months ago, earlier this year, senator mccain was good enough to host me in his state. we spent a lot of time meeting with his constituents along the border, talking to folks from the department of homeland security border patrol. i would urge you to spend some time there especially in arizona and the eastern part of texas. it was illuminating for me. i think it would be for you as well. >> could i thank the chairman for traveling down there? i thank dr. coburn who also has traveled and spent extensive time down there. both of you understand very well the frustration that my constituents feel when they live in an environment where nightly, people are crossing their property. ranchers have been killed. this is not an academic exercise. it seems to me that an obligation to the congress of the united states would be to provide us with information that we couldn't get. we had to go directly to the border patrol to get the required information. i was told that that was because the white ho
mccain -- let me just make a suggestion. months ago, earlier this year, senator mccain was good enough to host me in his state. we spent a lot of time meeting with his constituents along the border, talking to folks from the department of homeland security border patrol. i would urge you to spend some time there especially in arizona and the eastern part of texas. it was illuminating for me. i think it would be for you as well. >> could i thank the chairman for traveling down there? i...
109
109
Apr 18, 2013
04/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 109
favorite 0
quote 0
i want to go back to a point raised by senator mccain. the 3000 about detainees released from the detention center. that concerns a lot of us. -- some of those fleas were felons. -- of those released were felon s. released frequently from prison and our state that should not have been released. name.e of them have the rasame other twice, the wrong robert smith is released. stuff happens like that. i would urge you and folks to be careful going forward to make there are any detainees released, my hope that will not happen -- my hope is that will not happen. following up on his comments, actually i want to steal a page and take a moment to thank senator coburn and his staff an long with psi for their work in looking at fusion centers. at the cable talk about this more at length. abouthink he will talk this more at length. some of them are really good, some are pretty good, some ofn't very good and some are very little value. as we work to talk about resources in place where they will provide the best bang for our buck, what are we doing to
i want to go back to a point raised by senator mccain. the 3000 about detainees released from the detention center. that concerns a lot of us. -- some of those fleas were felons. -- of those released were felon s. released frequently from prison and our state that should not have been released. name.e of them have the rasame other twice, the wrong robert smith is released. stuff happens like that. i would urge you and folks to be careful going forward to make there are any detainees released,...
53
53
Nov 19, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 53
favorite 0
quote 0
i am currently with the mccain institute. my job there if acquisitions. where do i sign up? >> of note has already been made. i am serious. i am not just saying things when i say we will need you all to help. whether it is experience in the past, experience in the industry, whatever it is, this cannot be a congress comes up with the answer sort of things. what we have to do is not come up with an answer you try to impose on the system. we have to understand what it is like in the system. andwhat those incentives rewards and punishments are. get at the root causes that will alternately prevail. we need all the help we can get for that. i appreciate that. thank you. >> let me piggyback on that a little bit. andquestion often gets wet -- written into the way contracts are done. unfunded -- unfortunately one good solution becomes everyone has to do it that way. you have to watch out for successful incentives becoming a requirement. guarantee. for those on the web, if you would like to e-mail your bring your question to auto in the third row. >> auto chrysler. 20 some years of co
i am currently with the mccain institute. my job there if acquisitions. where do i sign up? >> of note has already been made. i am serious. i am not just saying things when i say we will need you all to help. whether it is experience in the past, experience in the industry, whatever it is, this cannot be a congress comes up with the answer sort of things. what we have to do is not come up with an answer you try to impose on the system. we have to understand what it is like in the system....
71
71
Nov 13, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 71
favorite 0
quote 0
i partners with senator mccain, cantwell and king to offer one potential way to address the too big to fail problem, the 21st century glass-steagall act. by separating depository institutions from the riskier financial institutions, the 1933 version of glass-steagall laid the groundwork for half a century of financial stability. but throughout the 1980's and 1990's, congress and the regulators chipped away at glass-steagall's protection, encouraging the growth of the megabanks and a sharp increase in systemic risk. they finally finished that task with the 1999 passage of gramm- leach-bliley which eliminated glass-steagall. it would reinstate many of the protections found in the original glass-steagall act it would wall off depository institutions from riskier activities like investment banking, swaps dealing and private equity activities. it would force some of the biggest financial institutions to break apart and eliminate their ability to rely on federally insured deposits as a backstop for their high-risk activities. in other words, a new glass- steagall act would attack both the to
i partners with senator mccain, cantwell and king to offer one potential way to address the too big to fail problem, the 21st century glass-steagall act. by separating depository institutions from the riskier financial institutions, the 1933 version of glass-steagall laid the groundwork for half a century of financial stability. but throughout the 1980's and 1990's, congress and the regulators chipped away at glass-steagall's protection, encouraging the growth of the megabanks and a sharp...
150
150
Apr 26, 2013
04/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
>> senator mccain, can you tell us what paul ryan told you? >> i said i think my comments are important. he agrees with what i just said. thanks for calling, and -- once you run for president -- no, he did not say that. [laughter] >> the other day that lindsey graham said the goal is to get 70% of votes in the senate -- >> we need that, and i think it's doable. >> senator schumer? >> if we were to pass this bill with over 50 democratic votes -- normally eight or nine republican votes -- it would pass. we would get the 60. it would bode poorly for the house. but we are looking for -- what we are looking for is getting a large republican vote. we did some very interesting things. senators hatch and rubio, feinstein and bennett were part of the section. it was a point where most agreed with our proposal. southeast did not. we knew there were a lot of republican senators from the southeast who might vote for our bill, but if their growers portray -- were very much against the bill -- their agriculture is a bit different. we worked out an accommoda
>> senator mccain, can you tell us what paul ryan told you? >> i said i think my comments are important. he agrees with what i just said. thanks for calling, and -- once you run for president -- no, he did not say that. [laughter] >> the other day that lindsey graham said the goal is to get 70% of votes in the senate -- >> we need that, and i think it's doable. >> senator schumer? >> if we were to pass this bill with over 50 democratic votes -- normally eight...
53
53
Nov 5, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 53
favorite 0
quote 0
carolina, daniel inouye of hawaii, mary landrieu of louisiana, joseph lieberman of connecticut, john mccain of arizona, ben nelson of florida, ken salazar of colorado, olympia snowe of maybe and john warner of virginia. what they devised was a quite simple solution. they were grappling with the same question that confronts us now, what can justify a member of the united states senate voting to block consideration, in other words, to filibuster, a nominee to the judicial branch. and their idea, simple as it was, had tremendous power. they agreed they would oppose a judicial nominee only in, quote, extraordinary circumstances. that was the gist of the agreement, there were other features to it but their spirit and intent in this short phrase had profoundly meaningful impact. in fact, for the remainder of the bush presidency, there were no more filibusters on judicial nominees. and those senators with that short phrase accomplished a historic impact. what did they mean by it? as one of them said at the time, -- quote -- "ideological attacks are not an extraordinary circumstance. it would have
carolina, daniel inouye of hawaii, mary landrieu of louisiana, joseph lieberman of connecticut, john mccain of arizona, ben nelson of florida, ken salazar of colorado, olympia snowe of maybe and john warner of virginia. what they devised was a quite simple solution. they were grappling with the same question that confronts us now, what can justify a member of the united states senate voting to block consideration, in other words, to filibuster, a nominee to the judicial branch. and their idea,...
5,503
5.5K
Sep 27, 2013
09/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 5,503
favorite 0
quote 36
theyve heard about what are going to do a suicide, dumbest idea they ever heard, but john mccain did the best yesterday. .bamacare is the law it is the law and has been for four years. declared constitutional. they have to move onto something else. square --e fair and fair and square. move onto something else. i hope there are some republicans in the house that start talking like reasonable republicans here. this is not a game for the middle class. this is not an effort to satisfy the koch brothers. one visitor from nevada came to me and said i work for the united states park service and we are so afraid. shutow that parks will down. that means i will not have a job. it is due the federal government, so that is what is happening in the stock market. the longest succession of down days since 2012, well more than that only toe summon her work in the park service not know it's going to happen, financial markets don't know what is going to happen. this is really a sad sad commentary on what is happening in the house. again, i hope to pass this bill as quickly as possible. i hope the repu
theyve heard about what are going to do a suicide, dumbest idea they ever heard, but john mccain did the best yesterday. .bamacare is the law it is the law and has been for four years. declared constitutional. they have to move onto something else. square --e fair and fair and square. move onto something else. i hope there are some republicans in the house that start talking like reasonable republicans here. this is not a game for the middle class. this is not an effort to satisfy the koch...
129
129
Aug 14, 2013
08/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 129
favorite 0
quote 0
other members include senator mccain, senator kelly ayotte, and senator bob corker. senator joe manchin as well. so they allow this to work. of special interest is a broad bipartisan interest. who is the better thought leader that brian crawford on this at this time. you know, continuing to lead the public discussion about these social issues. that is a number of people who are interested in this. there is discussion and engagement within the public and private academic communities and most importantly by those familiar with this. the general response has been positive. >> thank you very much. i am a great admirer and it strikes me that it feels like we are building a hammer at a time and we don't expect the next worst look like those. the energy and investment that seems to be going through this kind of innovation, one in the future we don't always know how to experience it. what we really need to think about is investing in some kind of multilateral engaged strategy that makes other kinds of institutional changes about this. if we convey this to our congressional l
other members include senator mccain, senator kelly ayotte, and senator bob corker. senator joe manchin as well. so they allow this to work. of special interest is a broad bipartisan interest. who is the better thought leader that brian crawford on this at this time. you know, continuing to lead the public discussion about these social issues. that is a number of people who are interested in this. there is discussion and engagement within the public and private academic communities and most...
59
59
May 31, 2013
05/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
nonpartisan congressional budget office and also served as director of domestic and economic policy of john mccain's effort to be president. doug, welcome to this program this morning. then we have earl pomeroy joining us, earl, a former member of congress, currently serves as senior counsel at austin and bird, brings 26 years of regulatory and legislative experience to today's panel. proof perfect that we continue to learn information that we don't know as well as i know this nine-term former member, i did not know he served as north dakota insurance commissioner and he was president of the national association of insurance commissioners. so earl, a welcome presence here this morning. jim i'm going to turn the presentation over to you now. im o'connor. >> thanks. the affordable care act, of course, we've heard a lot about it and what its potential impacts can be and what milliman has done is we, on behalf of center fwrd, they retained us to look at six specific states as to what those impacts might be. and the states we looked at were arizona, florida, illinois, new jersey, ohio, and wisconsin. eac
nonpartisan congressional budget office and also served as director of domestic and economic policy of john mccain's effort to be president. doug, welcome to this program this morning. then we have earl pomeroy joining us, earl, a former member of congress, currently serves as senior counsel at austin and bird, brings 26 years of regulatory and legislative experience to today's panel. proof perfect that we continue to learn information that we don't know as well as i know this nine-term former...
74
74
Aug 30, 2013
08/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
even senator mccain said that. you are talking but american lives. you are talking about our sons and daughters. this is the particular situation now. we will make -- the president has made his decision. he wants to talk to the american people and present the evidence. i think that is critical for us. right now, less than 50% of the american people want us to do anything. just let those people decide for themselves what they do. that is what you need to do. we're not going to go into a new area of colonization. the french, the germans, the italians, the english, they had miserable time with colonization. it tore africa par. -- it tore africa apart. we better know what we are doing. every one of these countries is different. if we treat them all the same, we are making a big mistake. each of these cultures is different. each of the cultures are different. they are different. the of different cultures. the tribalism and one is not in the other. they are in charge. just like the tribalism in afghanistan. we are not used to that. we do not understand tha
even senator mccain said that. you are talking but american lives. you are talking about our sons and daughters. this is the particular situation now. we will make -- the president has made his decision. he wants to talk to the american people and present the evidence. i think that is critical for us. right now, less than 50% of the american people want us to do anything. just let those people decide for themselves what they do. that is what you need to do. we're not going to go into a new area...
96
96
Aug 2, 2013
08/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 96
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> do you see this as a deliberate attempt to embarrass united states, as senator mccain says? this is an unfortunate development and we are truly disappointed. we have made clear there is legal justification for his return, that he would be full rights accorded to defendants in this country and under our system of justice. a terms of motivations for decision like this, i believe russian authority to describe them. >> what are the diplomatic repercussions for this move? are there some action to can take? >> darlene asked me about moscow. i made clear i don't have an announcement today. evaluating the utility of a summit in light of this and other issues but i have no announcement today. >> are you rethinking this recess in the u.s.-russian relations that hillary clinton had begun? russia,elationship with as is the case with other important countries around the world, is based in realism. it is a simple called reset in our relations produced positive benefits for american national security, for the american people. it produced cooperation from russia on the transit of and materi
. >> do you see this as a deliberate attempt to embarrass united states, as senator mccain says? this is an unfortunate development and we are truly disappointed. we have made clear there is legal justification for his return, that he would be full rights accorded to defendants in this country and under our system of justice. a terms of motivations for decision like this, i believe russian authority to describe them. >> what are the diplomatic repercussions for this move? are there...
80
80
Dec 6, 2013
12/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 80
favorite 0
quote 0
one of the witnesses was mark zandi, economist and advisor to the john mccain campaign grade we asked him what was the fastest way to increase the demand and get our economy moving again. he talked about three things. expand access, provide refundable tax cut its, and extend unemployment benefits. at was the way to get us back on track. today, we will hear from a panel who will explain unemployment insurance and families and the american economy and why it's imperative for this congress to move and act before the year ends. thank you, madam leader. >> we are going to go to introduction of the witnesses. i'm going to start with ms. was come into has been executive director of the law project since january 2, 2008. she has worked at the afl-cio, she is focused on minimum wage, living wage, pay equity for women. many issues we are pursuing around this country through our membership. we want to introduce each of the witnesses first or do we want to have them testify one at a time? >> we would ask you to make your statement brief so we can get to all the witnesses. >> we really appreciate
one of the witnesses was mark zandi, economist and advisor to the john mccain campaign grade we asked him what was the fastest way to increase the demand and get our economy moving again. he talked about three things. expand access, provide refundable tax cut its, and extend unemployment benefits. at was the way to get us back on track. today, we will hear from a panel who will explain unemployment insurance and families and the american economy and why it's imperative for this congress to move...
63
63
Oct 2, 2013
10/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 63
favorite 0
quote 0
this country about whether everybody ought to go out there and buy health insurance on and no john mccain suggested everyone should get a tax credit and go out there and shot like the people on these new marketplaces. americans are wary of that. they like employer coverage. seniors to have medicare and generally like it. low income people generally rely on medicaid. we have many different systems. it was designed to keep those in place which was one of the reasons why it's so complicated. thus further just as not been all that much interest in ditching of those other systems. maybe that will change in the future, but at the moment that is not what the law does. >> host: can i go back to you for a follow-up. what did you think? >> guest: well, i am not saying put everyone into a single payer system, which i do believe will happen as this keeps on getting implemented. what a.m. saying is that why should there be delays for any part of this? groups 51 are over, or should they be delayed? this is a great bill. why don't we let people with preexisting conditions go ahead in good health care. y
this country about whether everybody ought to go out there and buy health insurance on and no john mccain suggested everyone should get a tax credit and go out there and shot like the people on these new marketplaces. americans are wary of that. they like employer coverage. seniors to have medicare and generally like it. low income people generally rely on medicaid. we have many different systems. it was designed to keep those in place which was one of the reasons why it's so complicated. thus...
90
90
Apr 18, 2013
04/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
showed extraordinary occurred on their part, including mark of illinois and senator collins and senator mccain. those names will be placed on the record for those who stood up for sensible gun safety laws in america. i think jo put it well. the parents who have come here and the family members -- i think joe put it well. today. this is not the end. there is more that we can do and will do. reaching out to convince members who voted the other way today and perhaps in the next election to challenge them. bring the issue forward to the american people. this is worth the fight. we have got to stand up to bring sensible gun safety to america. god forbid what tomorrow's victims will be, but we know they will be there. we have to do everything we can to spare another family from this agree. >> thank you. let me salute all of my colleagues, particularly joe and the families who have lit a candle. that is a hard, hard thing to do when you go through what they went through. you do not want to get out of bed, let alone come here and argue truth to power, which you have done. it will not be forgotten. it
showed extraordinary occurred on their part, including mark of illinois and senator collins and senator mccain. those names will be placed on the record for those who stood up for sensible gun safety laws in america. i think jo put it well. the parents who have come here and the family members -- i think joe put it well. today. this is not the end. there is more that we can do and will do. reaching out to convince members who voted the other way today and perhaps in the next election to...
91
91
Apr 19, 2013
04/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 91
favorite 0
quote 0
the group is made up of senators mccain, schumer, durbin, graham, menendez, rubio, blake. this news conference on the legislation is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. and we are here to announce that eight senators from opposite sides of the political aisle are coming together on a common-sense immigration reform proposal that we believe can pass the sat i want to thank my seven other colleagues here today. each one of us is strong-willed, each one of us has strong beliefs, differing beliefs. but when you -- if you would have seen that room in any of our 24 meetings and seen everyone argue strongly, but then come together to realize that we had to pass the bill and not everyone was going to get each thing he wanted, it was a sight that would give you some faith in the future of our democracy, especial on the a morning like this. now, we all know that our immigration system is broken, and it's time to get to work on fixing it. immigration reform is vital to securing our borders, jump-starting our economy, and ensuring fuller access to that great american dream. the
the group is made up of senators mccain, schumer, durbin, graham, menendez, rubio, blake. this news conference on the legislation is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. and we are here to announce that eight senators from opposite sides of the political aisle are coming together on a common-sense immigration reform proposal that we believe can pass the sat i want to thank my seven other colleagues here today. each one of us is strong-willed, each one of us has strong beliefs,...
74
74
Sep 24, 2013
09/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
senate is very committed to this, that there is language on the defense authorization bill that senator mccain and i have offered to address it. but hopefully, we can reassure those people who are in the queue to come to the united states to safety that they will have our assistance in doing that. and i wonder if you could speak to what might happen to some of those folks if we're not able to extend this program and allow them to come to the united states. >> thank you, senator shaheen. let me, let me start off with my son, who's here today, edward, was a captain in iraq a few years ago, and he sent me an e-mail -- i'll never forget this. he sent me an e-mail about one of interpreters with his unit who had pulled some of the injured soldiers in his unit to safety. so i felt, feel a personal connection to this issue. the administration is asking for an extension. i know the number has been under the cap, 2500 people have been processed. we are trying to speed up that process, and i hope we can do that. i'll certainly promise you that i'll do everything we possibly can to speed that process up.
senate is very committed to this, that there is language on the defense authorization bill that senator mccain and i have offered to address it. but hopefully, we can reassure those people who are in the queue to come to the united states to safety that they will have our assistance in doing that. and i wonder if you could speak to what might happen to some of those folks if we're not able to extend this program and allow them to come to the united states. >> thank you, senator shaheen....
54
54
May 24, 2013
05/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 54
favorite 0
quote 0
i cannot believe, given what i know about yemen, and senator mccain is going next week, that the conditions on the ground in yemen and three of the people protecting our embassy in benghazi came from yemen are such that it would be a good idea to release people we have held for years as terrorists back in the yemen. that is a difference between a concept and a plan. >> thank you very much. >> you talked about civility [indiscernible] what would you like to see them do? >> arm the rebels, put in a safe zone, lead, go back and help the libyans do what we did not do after qaddafi fell, to help them with their border security, etc. try to assist this new refugee problem the lebanese have. 10% of the population is already refugees. the strain on the government, outbreak of fighting going on in lebanon, it comes down -- what would happen in the united states? lead. the president does not lead. i get this from every single leader in united states no matter where i go, and we sit by and watch these people massacred, and now we are relying on the goodwill of the russians among which we have been rel
i cannot believe, given what i know about yemen, and senator mccain is going next week, that the conditions on the ground in yemen and three of the people protecting our embassy in benghazi came from yemen are such that it would be a good idea to release people we have held for years as terrorists back in the yemen. that is a difference between a concept and a plan. >> thank you very much. >> you talked about civility [indiscernible] what would you like to see them do? >> arm...
85
85
Sep 27, 2013
09/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 85
favorite 0
quote 0
who is this john mccain? he's a proven fighter in war and in public service. this is a man who held the mantle of the republican party's nomination to be president of the united states, not some gabfly. but an american patriot. and history books will talk about that in generations to come. the republicans heard his message for which the senate and the country should be grateful. so, mr. president, the challen challenge -- this fall, closing in on the end of the fiscal year, those of us who respect the fiscal government founded by america's founders, those of us who believe in the rule of law and the elections that reflect the will of the people will face a test. can we prevent an economically disastrous government shutdown and can we protect the full faith and credit of the united states? mr. president, one newspaper addition not lots of newspapers, one newspaper -- look at the headlines. "gop hard-liners block strategy to avoid shutdown." "government shutdown would entail costs." "shutdown could carry pay risk even for employees kept on the job." one newspape
who is this john mccain? he's a proven fighter in war and in public service. this is a man who held the mantle of the republican party's nomination to be president of the united states, not some gabfly. but an american patriot. and history books will talk about that in generations to come. the republicans heard his message for which the senate and the country should be grateful. so, mr. president, the challen challenge -- this fall, closing in on the end of the fiscal year, those of us who...
46
46
Nov 14, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 46
favorite 0
quote 0
the more immediate problem the two bodies are only $90 million apart into barro point made by senator mccain in our last session it's not that big of a deal in a $3.5 trillion budget and we have to be get able to get the preppy number for fiscal year 2014 i would hope 2015 as well so it's good to literally have an uninterrupted stretch of time to do with their budget. let me ask this question to you mr. elmendorf. you are probably more familiar than anybody here with the house budget the senate budget and the president's budget. i would ask you if you could and you may not be able to do this off of the top of the heading of pop we can't but can you tell us are there enough savings in those three budgets to bridge the gap between the house and the senate budget which again is only $90 billion over a two-year making the to chairman said they could deal with 125 lien dollars for spending not a lot out of almost $7 trillion. .. list of those sorts of cuts so we have the options really that all sides have agreed on to one agree or another in that area. >> we can try. budget resolutions is not pie
the more immediate problem the two bodies are only $90 million apart into barro point made by senator mccain in our last session it's not that big of a deal in a $3.5 trillion budget and we have to be get able to get the preppy number for fiscal year 2014 i would hope 2015 as well so it's good to literally have an uninterrupted stretch of time to do with their budget. let me ask this question to you mr. elmendorf. you are probably more familiar than anybody here with the house budget the senate...
143
143
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
i want to for thank senator mckeon and my colleagues senators mccain and gramm. we traveled run the country about this-you're a year ago and the impact on our national security -- about this last year, a year ago, and talk about the impact on our national security. here is where we are. we know, based even from seeing our secretary of defense, from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, this weekend, on the sunday shows, what the impact of sequestration will be to our national defense. i guess i would ask everyone here -- do we think we're safer around the world around now with iran marching for nuclear- weapons capability? with the assaults and all of the 60,000 people who have been married -- have been murdered in syria? with the weapons that we have seen from the gaddafi machine that has ended up in algeria? we can go on and on about the challenges we face. let's not forget that we're still in war with our troops that we recently visited in afghanistan. so our national security challenges remain great and we have already reduced defense spending $487 billi
i want to for thank senator mckeon and my colleagues senators mccain and gramm. we traveled run the country about this-you're a year ago and the impact on our national security -- about this last year, a year ago, and talk about the impact on our national security. here is where we are. we know, based even from seeing our secretary of defense, from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, this weekend, on the sunday shows, what the impact of sequestration will be to our national defense. i...
89
89
Aug 7, 2013
08/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 89
favorite 0
quote 0
had a system that found that, but they probably found it because it was easy to see who looked for mccain and looked for obama. but how do you check up on -- i want to see what my ex-wife is doing. i go into the system and put her name and. >> you are making a similar point to a facebook comment, who is watching the watchers? what our left of our program tonight, the c-span out all looking at the nsa surveillance program. >> when it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that is not what this program is about. what the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone number is in durations of calls. they are not looking at names -- >> they are very sensitive and very important. there is a balance between security at liberty and all was a time to reexamine that. >> you have a police state, and much more dangerous society. you have the center and others. the privacy is being violated, just ask my constituents. >> there is more inconvenient and damage to americans by the no-fly list and taking off your shoes than by this program. see you there are talking t
had a system that found that, but they probably found it because it was easy to see who looked for mccain and looked for obama. but how do you check up on -- i want to see what my ex-wife is doing. i go into the system and put her name and. >> you are making a similar point to a facebook comment, who is watching the watchers? what our left of our program tonight, the c-span out all looking at the nsa surveillance program. >> when it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to...
80
80
May 1, 2013
05/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 80
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> we had senator mccain last thursday and he was arguing that our priorities art upside down on how we are going to take care of airline passengers and what we don't take care of our national security. he felt that there was a danger that we would not be keeping good and qualified and talented young men and women in the military who are all considering getting out because they see no future, at least a predictable future, which is the least we owe them. how would you assess the impact of the sequester on military morale and retention of the best and brightest? >> that is the other reason i travel, is to get out of washington and to go visit soldiers, airmen, marines, and coast guard. on this particular trip, beside the senior leaders in seoul and tokyo, i met with military members serving there. i also stopped in alaska both coming and going and did a town all meeting. it is on everyone's mind. i found that disappointing, frankly. you want to go and hear about their issues related to their service in wherever they happen to be serving, yet what we hear most often is their concerns a
. >> we had senator mccain last thursday and he was arguing that our priorities art upside down on how we are going to take care of airline passengers and what we don't take care of our national security. he felt that there was a danger that we would not be keeping good and qualified and talented young men and women in the military who are all considering getting out because they see no future, at least a predictable future, which is the least we owe them. how would you assess the impact...
56
56
Oct 23, 2013
10/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 56
favorite 0
quote 0
you mentioned senators mccain and graham, but the action on an action in the house, has he talked to house republicans about this or is this the kind of issue that his direct involvement would be counterproductive? >> last question is always an interesting one and sometimes you have to address republicans who sometimes feel that anything associated with them is not something they can support. but it gets at a bigger problem. having said that, the wisdom and the benefits of comprehensive immigration reform we believe supersede these kind of partisan differences. even in crass political terms i think it's fair to say it is in the interest in the republican party to address this problem. they said so themselves. key members of the party, key leaders and spokesmen, the speaker of the house today said it's an important issue and we should address it. i think chairman ryan has said that, and others in the house. that their politics is something they have to take care of, and make judgments about themselves. what we know is that there is just an overwhelming abundance of information that ar
you mentioned senators mccain and graham, but the action on an action in the house, has he talked to house republicans about this or is this the kind of issue that his direct involvement would be counterproductive? >> last question is always an interesting one and sometimes you have to address republicans who sometimes feel that anything associated with them is not something they can support. but it gets at a bigger problem. having said that, the wisdom and the benefits of comprehensive...
92
92
Dec 6, 2013
12/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 92
favorite 0
quote 0
happened is that as a starts rolling out in a lot of communities in a lot of states, a person like john mccain will say the districts, you must implement. but new york state has been through a tax gap, a lot of other budget cuts. and so the things that teachers actually need to do, work together with each other, use the standards as guidelines not as straitjackets, have to return them, that didn't happen. and a couple places it did. in a lot of places it didn't. the big mistake that i think both the federal government made and people like doug king made is the lead with testing. king would save you, i just was sick and tired of telling people what to do and then not doing it. you are the state chief. that's not your job to tell people what to do. your job is to help navigate people through this. so consequently, last year in new york there were in k-12, and elementary schools there were these tests and a lot of people were not prepared. and then john keane and other said was the test results will be 30% less next year, issued anywhere right now. so be prepared. so then the question is how do t
happened is that as a starts rolling out in a lot of communities in a lot of states, a person like john mccain will say the districts, you must implement. but new york state has been through a tax gap, a lot of other budget cuts. and so the things that teachers actually need to do, work together with each other, use the standards as guidelines not as straitjackets, have to return them, that didn't happen. and a couple places it did. in a lot of places it didn't. the big mistake that i think...
177
177
Aug 9, 2013
08/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 177
favorite 0
quote 0
senator mccain is my senior republican on that permanent subcommittee on investigations. he's very interested in the area that i talked about, ending those kind of loopholes. so i'm hopeful senators like senator mccain, and some others, will support a balanced approach to deficit reduction as a substitute for sequestration. and if we can do that, as late as it is in the game, i'm still hopeful that we can, then that could really break the logjam. you just described accurately. that's my hope, so i'll be optimistic. >> thank you, sir. we have a number of questions that relate to the percentage of cuts that sequester has loaded up on our defense budget. what's your assessment of the fairness, ripeness, and way forward to get past that? >> the way the law was written, the so called discretionary areas of spending which is defense and nondefense, defense being a discretionary area. nondefense, domestic, all the education programs, transportation programs, justice programs, fbi programs, they are called discretionary nondefense. but together they are all discretionary programs
senator mccain is my senior republican on that permanent subcommittee on investigations. he's very interested in the area that i talked about, ending those kind of loopholes. so i'm hopeful senators like senator mccain, and some others, will support a balanced approach to deficit reduction as a substitute for sequestration. and if we can do that, as late as it is in the game, i'm still hopeful that we can, then that could really break the logjam. you just described accurately. that's my hope,...
56
56
May 30, 2013
05/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 56
favorite 0
quote 0
he was director of the vatican economic policy for the john mccain presidential campaign. he has held positions at several washington-based think tanks researching economic policy and entrepreneurship. he is the author of the ibo 2013 paper immigration reform, economic growth, and the fiscal challenge. he argues immigration reform would raise gdp per capita by more than $1500 and reduced the key militant federal deficit by more than $2.5 trillion. stevenleft, dr. camarota. an institute that examines the of immigration of united states. he has written and testified testified before congress and pensively -- extensively. he has a masters degree in political science from the university of pennsylvania and a doctorate from the university of virginia and public policy analysis. the heritage, foundation. a conservative research think tank tasting washington, d.c.. he has three decades of experience. he was heavily involved in crafting the 1996 welfare reform bill and continued to examine .he mounting cost of welfare these focus on fixing the broken immigration system. of the at
he was director of the vatican economic policy for the john mccain presidential campaign. he has held positions at several washington-based think tanks researching economic policy and entrepreneurship. he is the author of the ibo 2013 paper immigration reform, economic growth, and the fiscal challenge. he argues immigration reform would raise gdp per capita by more than $1500 and reduced the key militant federal deficit by more than $2.5 trillion. stevenleft, dr. camarota. an institute that...
86
86
Jun 26, 2013
06/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 0
shies away never from a challenge, john mccain, introduced a market-based cap and trade bill to slow carbon pollution. headoman i have chosen to the epa, gina mccarthy -- [applause] she is terrific. epa, butorked for the has also worked for five republican governors. she has a long track record of working with industry and business leaders to forge common sense solutions. unfortunately she's being held up in the senate. she has been held up for months and forced to jump through hoops no caps at nomination ever have to. too many ine are the republican party right now who think the environmental protection agency has no business protecting our environment from carbon pollution. the senate should confirm her without any further obstruction or delay. [applause] more broadly, we have to move beyond partisan politics on this issue. i want to be clear -- i am willing to work with anybody, republicans, democrats, independents, libertarians, greens, anybody to combat this threat on behalf of our kids. i am open to all sorts of new ideas. maybe better ideas, to make sure we deal with climate c
shies away never from a challenge, john mccain, introduced a market-based cap and trade bill to slow carbon pollution. headoman i have chosen to the epa, gina mccarthy -- [applause] she is terrific. epa, butorked for the has also worked for five republican governors. she has a long track record of working with industry and business leaders to forge common sense solutions. unfortunately she's being held up in the senate. she has been held up for months and forced to jump through hoops no caps at...
50
50
Nov 19, 2013
11/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 50
favorite 0
quote 0
, the levin-mccain amendment. i would hope that those who are bed interested in this subject particularly would come down between now and then and that we could perhaps even reach a vote on guantanamo, the two amendments side by side later this afternoon. that's the goal, it's not part of the unanimous consent proposal but that would be a goal, and i know my friend from oklahoma and i are able to work things out most often and we'll try to figure out some way hopefully to get to votes on these two amendments we have identified as being the amendments which i think everybody agrees not on the outcome of the vote but agrees need to be debated and resolved. so i would yield the floor. mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: first of all, let me say that i appreciate all the help that the chairman has given us during the course of this very difficult time. i would also suggest that we've gone through this same thing other years in the past. one of the things, there ar
, the levin-mccain amendment. i would hope that those who are bed interested in this subject particularly would come down between now and then and that we could perhaps even reach a vote on guantanamo, the two amendments side by side later this afternoon. that's the goal, it's not part of the unanimous consent proposal but that would be a goal, and i know my friend from oklahoma and i are able to work things out most often and we'll try to figure out some way hopefully to get to votes on these...
83
83
Jan 24, 2013
01/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 83
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> senator mccain. >> thank you, madam secretary. it is wonderful to see you in good health and as combative as ever. [laughter] we thank you for your outstanding and dedicated service to this nation. we are proud of you. all over the world when i travel, you are viewed with admiration and respect. months after the benghazi tragedy, there are many questions that are unanswered. the answers frankly that you have given this morning are not satisfactory to me. were you and the president made aware of a classified cable from chris stevens that said united states consulate in benghazi cannot survive and the stained assault, numerous warnings about the security were unanswered or unaddressed. it took a cnn reporter looking through the conflict to find chris stevens last warning. when were you made aware of that table? when we you made aware of that attack on the british ambassador and the assassination attempts? and what actions were taken? what was the president's activities during that seven hours period. on the anniversary of 9/11, we d
. >> senator mccain. >> thank you, madam secretary. it is wonderful to see you in good health and as combative as ever. [laughter] we thank you for your outstanding and dedicated service to this nation. we are proud of you. all over the world when i travel, you are viewed with admiration and respect. months after the benghazi tragedy, there are many questions that are unanswered. the answers frankly that you have given this morning are not satisfactory to me. were you and the...
57
57
Dec 16, 2013
12/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
but i will also give you an anecdote which is myself and several other reporters were talking to john mccain of last week and he basically was saying -- and obviously he's one of the republicans the was a part of the deal making coalitions and he was saying late last week that a lot of that at least for now has fallen apart and a lot of the normal dealmaking that would be going on now will not happen. we will find out for sure when the senate goes to leave for the year whether or not they are able to clear up this package that they normally do sort of late at night when very few people are watching which is largely like routine military promotions and routine appointments at the state department's and public health service. if all of that is up then we know we will have trouble as the senate moves in 2014. >> we have been chatting with niels lesniewski from roll call. thanks for being with us this morning. >> the senate is gaveling in to start the week and lawmakers will be giving speeches for the first couple hours before turning to nominations at five eastern. on the calendar today patters
but i will also give you an anecdote which is myself and several other reporters were talking to john mccain of last week and he basically was saying -- and obviously he's one of the republicans the was a part of the deal making coalitions and he was saying late last week that a lot of that at least for now has fallen apart and a lot of the normal dealmaking that would be going on now will not happen. we will find out for sure when the senate goes to leave for the year whether or not they are...
53
53
Oct 17, 2013
10/13
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 53
favorite 0
quote 0
>> well, congressman, i know that congresswoman kirk patrick, our senates flake and mccain as well as myself tried to contact and get information as to why we couldn't apply the 1995 and what we needed to do now, and from their office nothing other than the local superintendent saying no. >> absolutely no. i mean, i was involved also in those mitigations with the governor. mr. jarvis, would you be prepared to turn over all documentation in regards to the attempts trying to reach your a offices and in regards to opening the grand canyonsome. >> yes, sir. >> that would be e-mails and phone hogs. so -- phone logs. so you didn't reach out to the grand canyon, the folks in the grand canyon, the governor of arizona when you were looking at the shutdown. >> me personally? no. because i can't talk to every governor in every community. but our local superintendent, i guarantee you that the superintendent of the grand canyon was talking to the community. the reopening of the grand canyon along with the reopening of all the national parks was front and center in our discussions in washington. i
>> well, congressman, i know that congresswoman kirk patrick, our senates flake and mccain as well as myself tried to contact and get information as to why we couldn't apply the 1995 and what we needed to do now, and from their office nothing other than the local superintendent saying no. >> absolutely no. i mean, i was involved also in those mitigations with the governor. mr. jarvis, would you be prepared to turn over all documentation in regards to the attempts trying to reach...